single vineyard in the municipality of Pölich (Bernkastel area) in the German Moselle wine-growing region (see picture). The vineyards, which are oriented from south to east with slopes ranging from 10 to 45%, cover 109 hectares of vineyards. Riesling is the main grape variety cultivated on the shallow to medium slate soils, some of which have clayey sand on gravel at the foot of the slope. The Berweiler-Merges, Carl Loewen, Kanzlerhof, Lorenz Nikolaus and Reh Winfried wineries, for example, have shares in the site. There are other single vineyards named Held in the municipalities of Bissersheim (Palatinate), Kenn, Köwerich and Medenich (all Moselle).
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